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DRAWING: 'ENTRANCE TO KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL', PETER HARPER

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Peter Harper

2008

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Overview

One of 28 Peter Harper drawings of properties in Subiaco purchased by the City of Subiaco.

Image: Entrance to King Edward Memorial Hospital November 2008 ('trees changed to have better view of entrance').

Frame: Black carved frame with cream mount.

Signature: 'Peter Harper 2008' lower right.

Historical information

One of many Peter Harper drawings of buildings in Subiaco purchased by the City of Subiaco.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2007.101.28

Item type

Width

500 mm

Height or length

280 mm

Themes

Medicine & Health

Inscriptions and markings

Peter Harper

Contextual Information

Peter Harper was born in the United Kingdom in 1934 and migrated to Perth in 1966. His work has been exhibited widely and reproduced in a number of publications. Harper sketched a number of Subiaco shops and houses, with many of these works being published in the 'Subiaco Post' newspaper. The City of Subiaco has acquired 28 of Harper's sketches, made between 1979 and 2008, for its Art Collection.

Keywords

King Edward Memorial Hospital

Place made

Western Australia

Year

2008

Statement of significance

Significant drawings of historical houses in Subiaco - many of which were featured in the Post newspaper.

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Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Public Location

DISP.MUSEUM.GALLERY

Geotag

-31.950015134613, 115.81783182381

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